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posted 13. February 2003 17:35

The Bacterial Flagellum: A Response to Ursula Goodenough

by John R. Bracht
jbracht@prodigy.net

ABSTRACT—This article is a response to Ursula Goodenough, author and senior scientist at Washington University, St. Louis, who responded to an article I wrote critiquing Matt Young’s scenario for how specified complex information can evolve naturally. The entire exchange has occurred on the science and religion forum Metanexus (www.metanexus.net), and the articles may be found at the following locations:

Matt Young’s article “How to Evolve Specified Complexity by Natural Means”:
http://www.metanexus.net/archives/message_fs.asp?list=views&listtype=Magazine&action=sp_simple_archive_&page=1&ARCHIVEID=5349

John Bracht’s response to Matt Young, “Knotty Pine and Corroding Coins”:
http://www.metanexus.net/archives/message_fs.asp?list=views&listtype=Magazine&action=sp_simple_archive_&page=1&ARCHIVEID=6385

Ursula Goodenough’s response to Bracht, “Of Flagella and Outboard Motors”:
http://www.metanexus.net/archives/message_fs.asp?list=views&listtype=Magazine&action=sp_simple_archive_&page=1&ARCHIVEID=7143

The current essay is a response to the last article by Goodenough, and has also appeared on Metanexus:

Part 1:
http://www.metanexus.net/archives/message_fs.asp?list=views&listtype=Magazine&action=sp_simple_archive_&page=1&ARCHIVEID=7789

Part 2:
http://www.metanexus.net/archives/message_fs.asp?list=views&listtype=Magazine&action=sp_simple_archive_&page=1&ARCHIVEID=7790

Both parts were initially a single article, which has been slightly revised and may be found in its entirety here.

To read the entire paper, please click here

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